16 DIY Container Garden Ideas – Care2.com

Need some spring garden inspiration? Check out these 16 DIY container garden ideas to get you started.

I can’t tell you how happy I am that spring is finally here! Winter is not my favorite season, and I’m looking forward to warmer weather and helping my husband get our spring garden growing! We have a decent-sized backyard with a couple of raised beds, but even with that much space I like to mix in containers. Our soil quality is not the best, and container gardening is a great solution for poor soil. You just skip the whole thing.

Container gardening is also a great option for folks who have limited space. Whether you’ve got just a small porch or patio or even a wall or kitchen window, you can use some of the container garden ideas below to grow food and flowers!

A little tape and chalkboard paint turns a boring pot into one you can write on!

16 DIY Container Garden Ideas

1. Hanging Container Garden – If you’re handy with a drill, this is a pretty simple vertical planter that you can build to grow lots of small plants in limited space.

2. Recycled Canister Planters – Add drainage to old metal canisters, and you have instant beautiful planters! You can use old copper ones like in the linked tutorial or any other metal canister you can get your hands on, like the coffee tin in the photo at the top of this page.

3. Make a Chalkboard Pot – Some herbs – like flat leaf parsley and cilantro – can look very similar to each other. Instead of boring old plant markers, use chalkboard paint to turn a plain pot into a chalkboard pot that you can write on.

4. Grow a Salad Bowl – Salads are such a lovely spring meal, and you can grow your own salad mix in one container right outside your back door.